Isidore of Seville's Etymologies: Complete English Translation, Volume I - Tapa blanda

Throop, Priscilla

 
9781411665231: Isidore of Seville's Etymologies: Complete English Translation, Volume I
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ISBN 10: 1411665236 ISBN 13: 9781411665231
Editorial: Lulu.com, 2005

Sinopsis

This "encyclopedia" by the seventh century bishop of Seville, an important source for the history of intellectual culture in the early middle ages, gathers together the elements of secular learning and adds a great deal of ecclesiastical information. Its wide use in medieval education is attested by the more than a thousand extant manuscripts, second only to the number of manuscripts of the Bible.Isidore sets out the etymology or "true meaning" of words - to him, the fundamental means to all knowledge.

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This "encyclopedia" by the seventh century bishop of Seville, an important source for the history of intellectual culture in the early middle ages, gathers together the elements of secular learning and adds a great deal of ecclesiastical information. Its wide use in medieval education is attested by the more than a thousand extant manuscripts, second only to the number of manuscripts of the Bible.Isidore sets out the etymology or "true meaning" of words - to him, the fundamental means to all knowledge.

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Editorial
Lulu.com
Año de publicación
2005
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
1411665236
ISBN 13 
9781411665231
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402
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